@article{Sirot2011ProteinspecificMO,
title={Protein-specific manipulation of ejaculate composition in response to female mating status in Drosophila melanogaster.},
author={Laura K. Sirot and Mariana F Wolfner and Stuart Wigby},
journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
year={2011},
volume={108 24},
pages={9922-6}
}

Female promiscuity can generate postcopulatory competition among males, but it also provides the opportunity for exploitation of rival male ejaculates. For example, in many insect species, male seminal fluid proteins (Sfps) transferred in a female's first mating stimulate increased fecundity and decreased receptivity to remating. Subsequent mates of females could potentially take advantage of the effects of the first male's Sfps and strategically reduce investment in their own ejaculate. We… CONTINUE READING